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Area of Developmentand LearningObjective for Development and LearningPrimary ObjectiveRelated ObjectiveLanguage8b. Follows directions13, “Simon Says”86, “Listening Story”04, “Riddle Dee Dee”05, “Silly Willy Walking”08, “Clap the Missing Word”09, “Writing in the Air”10, “Words in Motion”14, “Scat Singing15, “Say It, Show It”17, “Leaping Sounds”20, “I Can Make a Circle”21, “Hully Gully, How Many?”22, “Hot or Cold 3-D Shapes”25, “Freeze”26, “Echo Clapping”28, “Counting Calisthenics”31, “What’s Inside the Box?”32, “Walk the Line”33, “Thumbs Up”35, “My Name, Too!”36, “Body Patterns”37, “Little Ball”38, “Spatial Patterns”40, “Clap a Friend’s Name”41, “The Imaginary Ball”42, “Come Play With Me”47, “Step Up”50, “1, 2, 3, What Do I See?”57, “Find the Letter Sound”58, “A-Hunting We Will Go”60, “The Name Dance”65, “People Patterns”67, “Let’s Stick Together”68, “I Have a Secret”72, “My Body Jumps”74, “Jack in the Box”75, “Busy Bees”10, “Words in Motion”19, “I Spy With My LittleEye”43, “Bouncing BigBrown Balls”49, “A Tree My Size”76, “Describing Things”01, “The People in YourNeighborhood”02, “Just Like Mine”03, “Purple Pants”06, “This Is the Way”21, “Hully Gully, How Many?”23, “Hi-Ho, the Derry-O”27, “Diddle, Diddle, Dumpling”29, “Baa, Baa, Black Sheep”31, “What’s Inside the Box?”33, “Thumbs Up”45, “I’m a Sturdy Oak Tree”46, “Strolling Through the Park”48, “Feely Box”51, “High in the Tree”53, “Three Rowdy Children”56, “I Had a Little Nut Tree”61, “Riddle, Riddle, What Is That?”62, “Where Can He Be?”69, “The Litter Monster”72, “My Body Jumps”78, “Hello Friends”80, “Hickory Dickory Dock”81, “Humpty Dumpty”82, “Let’s Clean Up!”88, “Disappearing Rhymes”89, “We Like Clapping”90, “Little Miss Muffet”92, “Name Cheer”96, “This Old Man”97, “Shape Hunt”98, “I Have One”04, “Riddle Dee Dee”07, “Hippity, Hoppity, How Many?”08, “Clap the Missing Word”12, “Ticky Ricky”13, “Simon Says”22, “Hot or Cold 3-D Shapes”9. Uses language to express thoughtsand needs9a. Uses an expanding expressive vocabulary9b. Speaks clearly*Copyright 2017 by Teaching Strategies, LLC. All rights reserved. Teaching Strategies, The Creative Curriculum, Mighty Minutes,LearingGames, and the open book/open door logo are registered trademarks of Teaching Strategies, LLC, Bethesda, MD.7

Area of Developmentand LearningObjective for Development and LearningLanguage9c. Uses conventional grammar**9d. Tells about another time or place***11, “What Is My Job?”16, “Nothing, Nothing, Something”18, “I’m Thinking Of ”64, “Paper Towel Rap”Primary ObjectiveRelated Objective10. Uses appropriate conversational and othercommunication skills10a. Engages in conversation10b. Uses social rules of language64, “Paper Towel Rap”69, “The Litter Monster”73, “Are You Ready?”82, “Let’s Clean Up!”90, “Little Miss Muffet”03, “Purple Pants”Copyright 2017 by Teaching Strategies, LLC. All rights reserved. Teaching Strategies, The Creative Curriculum, Mighty Minutes,LearingGames, and the open book/open door logo are registered trademarks of Teaching Strategies, LLC, Bethesda, MD.8

Area of Developmentand LearningCognitiveObjective for Development and LearningPrimary ObjectiveRelated Objective11a. Attends and engages02, “Just Like Mine”01, “The People in YourNeighborhood”03, “Purple Pants”04, “Riddle Dee Dee”07, “Hippity, Hoppity, How Many?”10, “Words in Motion”12, “Ticky Ricky”14, “Scat Singing15, “Say It, Show It”16, “Nothing, Nothing, Something”17, “Leaping Sounds”23, “Hi-Ho, the Derry-O”24, “Dinky Doo”25, “Freeze”27, “Diddle, Diddle, Dumpling”29, “Baa, Baa, Black Sheep”30, “Bounce, Bounce, Bounce”33, “Thumbs Up”36, “Body Patterns”37, “Little Ball”38, “Spatial Patterns”42, “Come Play With Me”43, “Bouncing Big Brown Balls”49, “A Tree My Size”54, “The Green Grass Grows”55, “Mr. Forgetful”58, “A-Hunting We Will Go”61, “Riddle, Riddle, What Is That?”75, “Busy Bees”76, “Describing Things”77, “Hello Bingo”79, “Here Is the Beehive”80, “Hickory Dickory Dock”81, “Humpty Dumpty”83, “Let’s Make a Cake”84, “Let’s Make Letters”85, “Listen For Your Name”86, “Listening Story”88, “Disappearing Rhymes”90, “Little Miss Muffet”91, “Move to the Beat”93, “Oh, Dear! What Can theMatter Be?”94, “Old MacDonald”95, “Sorting Syllables”97, “Shape Hunt”11b. Persists31, “What’s Inside theBox?”05, “Silly Willy Walking”09, “Writing in the Air”13, “Simon Says”19, “I Spy With My Little Eye”20, “I Can Make a Circle”21, “Hully Gully, How Many?”22, “Hot or Cold 3-D Shapes”28, “Counting Calisthenics”50, “1, 2, 3, What Do I See?”11. Demonstrates positive approachesto learning11c. Solves problems**11d. Shows curiosity and motivation*11, “What Is My Job?”18, “I’m Thinking Of ”48, “Feely Box”11e. Shows flexibility and inventiveness inthinking*39, “Let’s Pretend”61, “Riddle, Riddle, What Is That?”63, “Going on a Journey”65, “People Patterns”66, “Musical Junk”67, “Let’s Stick Together”68, “I Have a Secret”88, “Disappearing Rhymes”93, “Oh, Dear! What Can theMatter Be?”Copyright 2017 by Teaching Strategies, LLC. All rights reserved. Teaching Strategies, The Creative Curriculum, Mighty Minutes,LearingGames, and the open book/open door logo are registered trademarks of Teaching Strategies, LLC, Bethesda, MD.9

Area of Developmentand LearningObjective for Development and LearningCognitive12. Remembers and connects experiencesPrimary ObjectiveRelated Objective12a. Recognizes and recalls23, “Hi-Ho, the Derry-O”61, “Riddle, Riddle,What Is That?”01, “The People in YourNeighborhood”21, “Hully Gully, How Many?”22, “Hot or Cold 3-D Shapes”31, “What’s Inside the Box?”39, “Let’s Pretend”48, “Feely Box”64, “Paper Towel Rap”76, “Describing Things”81, “Humpty Dumpty”84, “Let’s Make Letters”92, “Name Cheer”93, “Oh, Dear! What Can theMatter Be?”94, “Old MacDonald”97, “Shape Hunt”98, “I Have One”12b. Makes connections18, “I’m Thinking Of ”46, “Strolling Throughthe Park”06, “This Is the Way”11, “What Is My Job?”35, “My Name, Too!”45, “I’m a Sturdy Oak Tree”69, “The Litter Monster”13. Uses classification skills68, “I Have a Secret”02, “Just Like Mine”03, “Purple Pants”05, “Silly Willy Walking”18, “I’m Thinking Of ”35, “My Name, Too!”61, “Riddle, Riddle, What Is That?”71, “Recycle Song”95, “Sorting Syllables”07, “Hippity, Hoppity, How Many?”36, “Body Patterns”54, “The Green Grass Grows”76, “Describing Things”84, “Let’s Make Letters”01, “The People in YourNeighborhood”10, “Words in Motion”30, “Bounce, Bounce, Bounce”34, “The Wave”39, “Let’s Pretend”46, “Strolling Through the Park”58, “A-Hunting We Will Go”64, “Paper Towel Rap”66, “Musical Junk”67, “Let’s Stick Together”75, “Busy Bees”79, “Here Is the Beehive”80, “Hickory Dickory Dock”81, “Humpty Dumpty”83, “Let’s Make a Cake”86, “Listening Story”93, “Oh, Dear! What Can theMatter Be?”96, “This Old Man”100, “La, La, La”14. Uses symbols and images to representsomething not present14a. Thinks symbolically14b. Engages in sociodramatic play*16, “Nothing, Nothing,Something”Copyright 2017 by Teaching Strategies, LLC. All rights reserved. Teaching Strategies, The Creative Curriculum, Mighty Minutes,LearingGames, and the open book/open door logo are registered trademarks of Teaching Strategies, LLC, Bethesda, MD.10

Area of Developmentand LearningLiteracyObjective for Development and LearningPrimary ObjectiveRelated Objective15a. Notices and discriminates rhyme04, “Riddle Dee Dee”12, “Ticky Ricky”29, “Baa, Baa, Black Sheep”33, “Thumbs Up”37, “Little Ball”44, “Two Plump Armadillos”51, “High in the Tree”54, “The Green Grass Grows”56, “I Had a Little Nut Tree”58, “A-Hunting We Will Go”79, “Here Is the Beehive”80, “Hickory Dickory Dock”81, “Humpty Dumpty”85, “Listen For Your Name”87, “One, Two, Buckle My Shoe”88, “Disappearing Rhymes”96, “This Old Man”03, “Purple Pants”18, “I’m Thinking Of ”30, “Bounce, Bounce, Bounce”41, “The Imaginary Ball”42, “Come Play With Me”46, “Strolling Through the Park”49, “A Tree My Size”53, “Three Rowdy Children”64, “Paper Towel Rap”69, “The Litter Monster”70, “The Kids Go Marching In”72, “My Body Jumps”73, “Are You Ready?”74, “Jack in the Box”82, “Let’s Clean Up!”83, “Let’s Make a Cake”89, “We Like Clapping”15b. Notices and discriminates alliteration24, “Dinky Doo”27, “Diddle, Diddle, Dumpling”35, “My Name, Too!”50, “1, 2, 3, What Do I See?”84, “Let’s Make Letters”16, “Nothing, Nothing, Something”43, “Bouncing Big Brown Balls”48, “Feely Box”15c. Notices and discriminates discrete unitsof sound08, “Clap the Missing Word”14, “Scat Singing”17, “Leaping Sounds”40, “Clap a Friend’s Name”55, “Mr. Forgetful”59, “Clap the Beat”60, “The Name Dance”95, “Sorting Syllables”100, “La, La, La”19, “I Spy With My Little Eye”37, “Little Ball”75, “Busy Bees”88, “Disappearing Rhymes”15. Demonstrates phonological awareness,phonics skills, and word recognition15d. Applies phonics concepts and knowledgeof word structure to decode text**Copyright 2017 by Teaching Strategies, LLC. All rights reserved. Teaching Strategies, The Creative Curriculum, Mighty Minutes,LearingGames, and the open book/open door logo are registered trademarks of Teaching Strategies, LLC, Bethesda, MD.11

Area of Developmentand LearningObjective for Development and LearningLiteracy16. Demonstrates knowledge of the alphabetPrimary ObjectiveRelated Objective16a. Identifies and names letters09, “Writing in the Air”47, “Step Up”77, “Hello Bingo”83, “Let’s Make a Cake”92, “Name Cheer”98, “I Have One”22, “Hot or Cold 3-DShapes”24, “Dinky Doo”25, “Freeze”31, “What’s Inside the Box?”32, “Walk the Line”52, “Walk Around theShapes”84, “Let’s Make Letters”16b. Identifies letter–sound correspondences57, “Find the Letter Sound”15, “Say It, Show It”19, “I Spy With My Little Eye”24, “Dinky Doo”31, “What’s Inside the Box?”47, “Step Up”77, “Hello Bingo”83, “Let’s Make a Cake”84, “Let’s Make Letters”92, “Name Cheer”95, “Sorting Syllables”98, “I Have One”17. Demonstrates knowledge of print and its uses17a. Uses and appreciates books and other texts*37, “Little Ball”55, “Mr. Forgetful”69, “The Litter Monster”82, “Let’s Clean Up!”17b. Uses print concepts*47, “Step Up”58, “A-Hunting We Will Go”87, “One, Two, Buckle MyShoe”90, “Little Miss Muffet”92, “Name Cheer”Copyright 2017 by Teaching Strategies, LLC. All rights reserved. Teaching Strategies, The Creative Curriculum, Mighty Minutes,LearingGames, and the open book/open door logo are registered trademarks of Teaching Strategies, LLC, Bethesda, MD.12

Area of Developmentand LearningLiteracyObjective for Development and LearningPrimary ObjectiveRelated Objective18. Comprehends and responds to books andother texts18a. Interacts during reading experiences, bookconversations, and text reflections*90, “Little Miss Muffet18b. Uses emergent reading skills**18c. Retells stories and recounts details frominformational texts*63, “Going on a Journey”18d. Uses context clues to read andcomprehend texts**18e. Reads fluently**19a. Writes name*09, “Writing in the Air”19b. Writes to convey ideas and information*83, “Let’s Make a Cake”19c. Writes using conventions**19. Demonstrates writing skillsCopyright 2017 by Teaching Strategies, LLC. All rights reserved. Teaching Strategies, The Creative Curriculum, Mighty Minutes,LearingGames, and the open book/open door logo are registered trademarks of Teaching Strategies, LLC, Bethesda, MD.13

Area of Developmentand LearningObjective for Development and LearningMathematics20. Uses number concepts and operationsPrimary ObjectiveRelated Objective20a. Counts21, “Hully Gully, HowMany?”28, “CountingCalisthenics”42,” Come Play With Me”53, “Three RowdyChildren”82, “Let’s Clean Up!”89, “We Like Clapping”04, “Riddle Dee Dee”05, “Silly Willy Walking”07, “Hippity, Hoppity, How Many?”10, “Words in Motion”12, “Ticky Ricky”17, “Leaping Sounds”29, “Baa, Baa, Black Sheep”33, “Thumbs Up”37, “Little Ball”40, “Clap a Friend’s Name”20b. Quantifies07, “Hippity, Hoppity, HowMany?”21, “Hully Gully, How Many?”29, “Baa, Baa, Black Sheep”20c. Connects numerals with their quantities15, “Say It, Show It”01, “The People in YourNeighborhood”12, “Ticky Ricky”22, “Hot or Cold 3-D Shapes”20d. Understands and uses place value andbase ten**20e. Applies properties of mathematicaloperations and relationships**20f. Applies number combinations andmental number strategies in mathematicaloperations**41, “The Imaginary Ball”50, “1, 2, 3, What Do I See?”51, “High in the Tree”56, “I Had a Little Nut Tree”57, “Find the Letter Sound”59, “Clap the Beat”72, “My Body Jumps”79, “Here Is the Beehive”87, “One, Two, Buckle My Shoe”95, “Sorting Syllables”96, “This Old Man”30, “Bounce, Bounce, Bounce”44, “Two Plump Armadillos”80, “Hickory Dickory Dock”Copyright 2017 by Teaching Strategies, LLC. All rights reserved. Teaching Strategies, The Creative Curriculum, Mighty Minutes,LearingGames, and the open book/open door logo are registered trademarks of Teaching Strategies, LLC, Bethesda, MD.14

Area of Developmentand LearningObjective for Development and LearningMathematics21. Explores and describes spatial relationshipsPrimary ObjectiveRelated Objective21a. Understands spatial relationships38, “Spatial Patterns”62, “Where Can He Be?”74, “Jack in the Box”10, “Words in Motion”31, “What’s Inside the Box?”33, “Thumbs Up”39, “Let’s Pretend”41, “The Imaginary Ball”43, “Bouncing Big Brown Balls”21b. Understands shapes20, “I Can Make a Circle”22, “Hot or Cold 3-DShapes”32, “Walk the Line”52, “Walk Around theShapes”97, “Shape Hunt”18, “I’m Thinking Of ”19, “I Spy With My Little Eye”25, “Freeze”31, “What’s Inside the Box?”57, “Find the Letter Sound”75, “Busy Bees”02, “Just Like Mine”19, “I Spy With My Little Eye”52, “Walk Around the Shapes”57, “Find the Letter Sound”65, “People Patterns”72, “My Body Jumps”75, “Busy Bees”86, “Listening Story”22. Compares and measures22a. Measures objects22b. Measures time and money**22c. Represents and analyzes data*82, “Let’s Clean Up!”23. Demonstrates knowledge of patterns26, “Echo Clapping”36, “Body Patterns”65, “People Patterns”49, “A Tree My Size”76, “Describing Things”08, “Clap the Missing Word”10, “Words in Motion”12, “Ticky Ricky”19, “I Spy With My Little Eye”28, “Counting Calisthenics”54, “The Green Grass Grows”75, “Busy Bees”Copyright 2017 by Teaching Strategies, LLC. All rights reserved. Teaching Strategies, The Creative Curriculum, Mighty Minutes,LearingGames, and the open book/open door logo are registered trademarks of Teaching Strategies, LLC, Bethesda, MD.15

Area of Developmentand LearningObjective for Development and LearningScience and Technology24. Uses scientific inquiry skillsSocial StudiesPrimary Objective*Related Objective08, “Clap the Missing Word”31, “What’s Inside the Box?”48, “Feely Box”25. Demonstrates knowledge of thecharacteristics of living things45, “I’m a Sturdy Oak Tree”10, “Words in Motion”39, “Let’s Pretend”44, “Two Plump Armadillos”49, “A Tree My Size”54, “The Green Grass Grows”56, “I Had a Little Nut Tree”61, “Riddle, Riddle, What IsThat?”68, “I Have a Secret”94, “Old MacDonald”26. Demonstrates knowledge of the physicalproperties of objects and materials39, “Let’s Pretend”48, “Feely Box”13, “Simon Says”16, “Nothing, Nothing, Something”19, “I Spy With My Little Eye”31, “What’s Inside the Box?”49, “A Tree My Size”61, “Riddle, Riddle, What Is That?”63, “Going on a Journey”66, “Musical Junk”67, “Let’s Stick Together”68, “I Have a Secret”71, “Recycle Song”75, “Busy Bees”76, “Describing Things”97, “Shape Hunt”27. Demonstrates knowledge of Earth’senvironment*34, “The Wave”63, “Going on a Journey”69, “The Litter Monster”28. Uses tools and other technology toperform tasks**29. Demonstrates knowledge about self41, “The Imaginary Ball”02, “Just Like Mine”03, “Purple Pants”60, “The Name Dance”84, “Let’s Make Letters”90, “Little Miss Muffet”92, “Name Cheer”98, “I Have One”30. Shows basic understanding of people andhow they live01, “The People in YourNeighborhood”11, “What Is My Job?”06, “This Is the Way”53, “Three Rowdy Children”69, “The Litter Monster”71, “Recycle Song”78, “Hello Friends”83, “Let’s Make a Cake”31. Explores change related to familiar peopleor places**32. Demonstrates simple geographicknowledge*62, “Where Can He Be?”63, “Going on a Journey”Copyright 2017 by Teaching Strategies, LLC. All rights reserved. Teaching Strategies, The Creative Curriculum, Mighty Minutes,LearingGames, and the open book/open door logo are registered trademarks of Teaching Strategies, LLC, Bethesda, MD.16

Area of Developmentand LearningObjective for Development and LearningThe Arts33. Explores the visual artsPrimary Objective*Related Objective54, “The Green Grass Grows”34. Explores musical concepts and expression06, “This Is the Way”66, “Musical Junk”71, “Recycle Song”91, “Move to the Beat”94, “Old MacDonald”01, “The People in YourNeighborhood”03, “Purple Pants”04, “Riddle Dee Dee”06, “This Is the Way”11, “What Is My Job?”14, “Scat Singing15, “Say It, Show It”20, “I Can Make a Circle”23, “Hi-Ho, the Derry-O”24, “Dinky Doo”26, “Echo Clapping”29, “Baa, Baa, Black Sheep”30, “Bounce, Bounce, Bounce”34, “The Wave”43, “Bouncing Big Brown Balls”45, “I’m a Sturdy Oak Tree”52, “Walk Around the Shapes”53, “Three Rowdy Children”54, “The Green Grass Grows”59, “Clap the Beat”60, “The Name Dance”62, “Where Can He Be?”64, “Paper Towel Rap”70, “The Kids Go Marching In”72, “My Body Jumps”73, “Are You Ready?”77, “Hello Bingo”78, “Hello Friends”80, “Hickory Dickory Dock”81, “Humpty Dumpty”87, “One, Two, Buckle My Shoe”89, “We Like Clapping”90, “Little Miss Muffet”93, “Oh, Dear! What Can theMatter Be?”94, “Old MacDonald”96, “This Old Man”99, “Let’s All Follow”100, “La, La, La”35. Explores dance and movement concepts30, “Bounce, Bounce,Bounce”34, “The Wave”67, “Let’s Stick Together”70, “The Kids Go Marching In”72, “My Body Jumps”99, “Let’s All Follow”12, “Ticky Ricky”13, “Simon Says”20, “I Can Make a Circle”25, “Freeze”26, “Echo Clapping”28, “Counting Calisthenics”32, “Walk the Line”36, “Body Patterns”38, “Spatial Patterns”40, “Clap a Friend’s Name”41, “The Imaginary Ball”43, “Bouncing Big Brown Balls”58, “A-Hunting We Will Go”60, “The Name Dance”63, “Going on a Journey”66, “Musical Junk”78, “Hello Friends”82, “Let’s Clean Up!”84, “Let’s Make Letters”91, “Move to the Beat”92, “Name Cheer”93, “Oh, Dear! What Can theMatter Be?”94, “Old MacDonald”Copyright 2017 by Teaching Strategies, LLC. All rights reserved. Teaching Strategies, The Creative Curriculum, Mighty Minutes,LearingGames, and the open book/open door logo are registered trademarks of Teaching Strategies, LLC, Bethesda, MD.17

Area of Developmentand LearningThe ArtsObjective for Development and LearningPrimary ObjectiveRelated Objective36. Explores drama through actions andlanguage63, “Going on a Journey”90, “Little Miss Muffet”93, “Oh, Dear! What Can theMatter Be?”06, “This Is the Way”30, “Bounce, Bounce, Bounce”39, “Let’s Pretend”42, “Come Play With Me”43, “Bouncing Big Brown Balls”44, “Two Plump Armadillos”45, “I’m a Sturdy Oak Tree”46, “Strolling Through the Park”51, “High in the Tree”56, “I Had a Little Nut Tree”74, “Jack in the Box”79, “Here Is the Beehive”83, “Let’s Make a Cake”84, “Let’s Make Letters”90, “Little Miss Muffet”Copyright 2017 by Teaching Strategies, LLC. All rights reserved. Teaching Strategies, The Creative Curriculum, Mighty Minutes,LearingGames, and the open book/open door logo are registered trademarks of Teaching Strategies, LLC, Bethesda, MD.18

Objectives that Mighty Minutes do not address are addressed by other resources in The Creative Curriculum for Preschool. These instances are marked with an asterisk. You can find detailed information about all of the objectives in The Creative Curriculum for Preschool, Volume 6: Objectives for Development & Learning, Birth Through Third .